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The determinants of asset stripping : theory and evidence from the transition economies

Campos, Nauro (contributor); … - 2005

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003299971

Change in Economic Policy Paradigm : Privatization and State Capture in Poland

Kozarzewski, Piotr - 2016

Piotr Kozarzewski and Maciej Bałtowski analyse the causes and manifestations of Poland's recent shift in economic policy towards a more active role of the state, and use privatization policy as an example. The authors examine the effects of the privatization policy and point to a large...

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The biggest problem in post-communist transition : the privatization of large enterprises

Åslund, Anders - 2021

Thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is rather clear what transition policies have worked. Almost all the post-communist countries have become market economies and have achieved macroeconomic stability. Privatization was economically necessary, and its economic outcomes have...

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Privatization and the Postsocialist Fertility Decline

Scheiring, Gabor; P.H. Hui, Bryant; Irdam, Darja; … - 2021

The ten countries with the fastest shrinking population are all located in Eastern Europe, with low fertility as one of the leading causes. In this article, we analyze the privatization of companies as a potential but so far neglected factor behind the postsocialist fertility decline. We argue...

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Privatization in Transition Countries : A Sampling of the Literature

Havrylyshyn, Oleh; McGettigan, Donal - 2021

This paper reviews a selection of studies on privatization experiences in transition countries. Empirical studies almost invariably show privatized enterprises outperform state enterprises. Moreover, the literature identifies de novo firms as being clearly the best performers, followed by...

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The new grand bourgeoisie under post-communism

Szelényi, Iván - 2010

three different regions of the transition: Central Europe, Russia and China. In Central Europe this new class often was … loss of property, exile or jailed. In China, the transition to market economy occurred 'from below'. Many of the wealthy … protection and were vulnerably to political rivalry. Private property in China - much like in Russia - is still rather insecure …

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The evolution of Belarusian public sector : from command economy to state capitalism?

Papko, Aliaksandr; Kozarzewski, Piotr - 2020

Belarus was among the few post-communist countries to resign from comprehensive market reforms and attempt to improve the efficiency of the economy through administrative means, leaving market mechanisms only an auxiliary role. Since its inception, the 'Belarusian economic model' has undergone...

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Theory of privatization in Eastern Europe : literature review

Schindele, Ibolya - 2003

This paper discusses the most important theoretical contributions to the literature on privatization, focusing on emerging economies, and gives a summary on recent research concerning the ways privatization might affect the development of securities markets. In addition, the paper provides a...

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Change in economic policy paradigm : privatization and state capture in Poland

Kozarzewski, Piotr; Bałtowski, Maciej - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011706387

Did Postcommunist Privatization Increase Mortality?

Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2011

We reexamine the recent controversy over the possibility that mass enterprise privatization raised mortality in post-communist countries. Our analysis demonstrates that the country-level correlation of privatization and mortality reported in previous research is not robust to recomputing the...

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